Stitch locked pocket book handle fastener installation



D. I. REITER Jam. 28, 1958 Filed Nov. 23, 1953 STITCH LOCKED POCKET BOOKHANDLE FASTENER INSTALLATION United States atent 232L229 Patented Jan.28, 1958 STITCH LOCKED POCKET BOOK HANDLE FASTENER INSTALLATION DanielI. Reiter, New York, N. Application November 23, 1953, Serial No.393,778 3 Claims. (Cl. 150-112) This invention appertains toimprovements in pocketbook handle installations and particularly relatesto improvements in holders or anchors for securing the end strap portionof a pocket book handle to either box-like or soft pocketbooks.

The primary object of this invention is to provide means formetallically stitching the end strap portion of a handle to a holder oranchor so that the strap portion cannot pull apart from the holder oranchor.

The holder or anchor includes a flat body on which the end of the strapportion is placed and a head on the body having an aperture throughwhich the strap portion is passed. A pair of complemental arms projectlaterally in opposed fashion from opposite sides of the body and arebent or rolled into substantially cylindrical form onto the strapportion. The arms have free ends provided with prongs, points or thelike elements which penetrate the strap portion as the arms are rolledto embrace the strap portion from its opposite side edges toward itscenter.

It has been found that, due to irnproper manual technique in bending thearms; the strap portion will, under an axial strain, pull loose from theembrace of the arms. To avoid such accidental detachment of the strapportion, I provide means whereby the strap portion is stitched to thebody, such stitching including penetrations of the strap portion by thearms and reception of the free ends of the arms by the body to locatethe arms in through and through penetration of the strap portion.

The invention particularly contemplates the provision of a flat body onwhich the strap portion is laid and which has the complemental armsprovided with free pointed penetrating ends, the arms being predisposedto be bent over onto the strap portion with their free ends penetratingthe strap portion and the body having a slot underlying the strapportion and receiving the free ends of the arms to permit the ends tocompletely penetrate the strap portion and to extend beyond, in locatedfashion, the underside of the strap portion.

These and ancillary objects are attained by this invention, thepreferred embodiments of which are set forth in the followingdescription and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective View on an enlarged scale of the holder oranchor for the end strap portion of a pocketbook handle;

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the holder with a strap portionpositioned on the fiat body thereof and showing the arms bent or rolledover onto the strap portion with the ends touching the face of the strapportion;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary elevational view of a handle installation,with the inner facing or lining of the pocketbook (fragmentarily shown)broken away to show the interior structure and expose the inner side ofthe holder;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Figure 3;

Figure 6 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of holder;

Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the ends of the arms of theholder of Fi ure 6 in their final position with the ends thereofreceived in the slot, and,

Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view of a further form of this inventionwith the arms shown in their final position and the ends thereofreceived in the slot.

Referring initially to the pocketbook handle installation illustrated inFigures 3-5, the strap portion 15) is shown as of substantiallyrectangular cross section. The strap portion is flexible and suchdepicted cross-sectional shape is exemplary only, since it may be of anyshape, size or Width.

The strap portion 10 is attached to a pocketbook by means of the anchoror holder 12 which engages the member 14 which constitutes the side wallof the pocketbook. The strap portion 10 is positioned through a slot 16in the outer facing sheet 18 of the pocketbook and through a registeringaperture 20 in the side wall 14. The outer side of the flat body abutsthe inner side of the side wall with the enlarged head 22 of the bodybridging the aperture 29. The head has an opening 24 through which thestrap portion is passed from its attached end on the inner side of thebody to the outside of the pocketbook through the aperture 29 and slot16. An imperforate lining 26 is superimposed on the inside of the sidewall 14. Such installation, as above-described and shown in Figures 3and 5, is for a soft type pocketbook and is merely shown forenvironmental purposes to depict the use and purpose of the anchor orholder 12 in such installation. The anchor or holder is equally welladapted for use in handle fastener installations for other types ofpocketbooks, such as box-like pocketbooks.

The anchor or holder 12 is formed in one-piece from sheet metal and isstamped out of such material. However, while such material and method ofproduction are preferred for economy of cost and production, such arenot exclusive since other material and manufacturing methods may beused.

The holder 12 includes a flat body 28, which has the transverselyenlarged head 22 formed integrally at one end. The body 28 extends fromthe center of the inner end edge of the head, which has the strapportion receiving opening 24 and a peripheral entrance slot 30 for theopening. The body has a free transverse opposite end edge 32.

Between the ends of the body, arms 34 and 36 project laterally from theopposite side edges of the body. The arms are predisposed in such normalpositions to the body and are in spaced apart, confronting relation. Thefree ends 38 and 44 of the arms are inclined inwardly relative to eachother at a preset obtuse angle to the arms. Such predisposition of theends inclines the arms to roll into generally cylindrical form embracingthe side edges of the strap portion. The ends are concaved and thecorners are protruded to provide prongs 42 at the corners of the ends.The prongs, due to the concavity of the ends, extend therebeyond and areadapted to pierce the flexible material of the strap portion.

The arms are bent or rolled into their final shape, shown in Figure 4,by means of a manually operated tool or machine and embrace the strapportion. The attached legs 44 of the shaped arms, when in final form,engage the side edges of the strap portion while the free legs 46penetrate through the strap portion at the center line thereof. Ofcourse, depending upon the width of the strap portion and the length ofthe arms, such penetration of the free legs may be outwardly of thecenter line.

The prongs 42 or similar penetrating elements on the free ends of thearms are forced through the strap portion and the penetration issmoothly and evenly affected due to the sharpness of the prongs. Suchpenetration is accomplished without unevenly tearing the strap portion.

To permit the free ends to extend completely through the strap portionand to thereby provide a metallic stitch, a parallel sided slot 48 isformed axially in the body between the attached ends of the arms. Suchslot is disposed in alignment with the path of movement of the free endsthrough the strap portion and such ends are received in the slot as theypass completely through and beyond the strap portion. The free ends arereceived in the slot so that they terminate substantially flush with theside 50 of the body, opposite to the side 52 on which the strap portionis disposed. Such positioning of the ends mean that the free ends extendbeyond the attached ends 54- of the arms. Thus, as shown in Figure 4,the free ends 38 and 49 extend into the body by virtue of the slot 48and, therefore, the ends 3% and 4% on the free legs as provide aclamping action. The arms 34 and 36 bent into the U shape are clampedtightly on the strap portion, engaging the side marginal portionsthereof. The free legs 46 are extended into the body and provide aclamping tension with the attached legs 44. The free legs 46 are, asshown, cooperatively effective in resisting return movement of the arms.

A slightly modified form is shown in Figure 6, wherein the body 28a isof the same width throughout its length and one end thereof has a strapreceiving opening do and a peripheral entrance slot 3% therefor. A

slot 43a is provided in the body, the slot being considerably wider andlonger than the slot 48 so as to ensure that, irrespective of manualfaults in bending the arms 34a and 36a, the ends 38:: and 4th: thereofwill enter the slot. This is shown in Figure 7.

In Figure 3, a further form is shown wherein the body 2812 has a slot48b which has outwardly diverging side walls 56 and 58, such wallsdiverging from the side 5... of the body to the side 54%. In effect theside walls are undercut and by further angling the free ends 3812 and48b of the arms, the ends are caused, in penetrating through the strapportion, to angularly enter the slot and lock against the side walls.Such relationship of the ends with the side walls serves to preventaxial withdrawal of the ends, since the ends are effectively engaged bythe side walls 56 and 58.

In either form, it is particularly noted that the free legs 46 or outerportions of the arms have their free ends extended through the strapportion, as opposed to against or into the strap portion, and that theends extend completely through the strap portion and are received in theslot in the body. The ends, thus, extend into the body and beyond thepoint of attachment of the attached ends of the arms. There is thusprovided a simple stitch whereby the arms not only clampingly embraceand hold the strap portion by such clamping action but also the arms arestitched through the strap portion.

While the best known forms of this invention have been described hereinand illustrated in the accompanying drawing, such are by way of exampleonly, since various changes may be made as come within the scope of theappended claims.

I claim:

1. A one piece sheet metal strap anchor or holder for the ends of apocketbook handle strap comprising a fiat body having opposing sideedges and opposing sides, on one side of which a strap for the handle ofa pocketbook is adapted to axially lie, a pair of arms laterallyextending in confronting relation from the side edges and spaced apartsuficiently to receive the strap therebetween, said arms having offsetouter ends which are turned inwardly toward each other and arranged atan obtuse angle to the arms, said ends having free transverse edgesformed with penetrating prongs adapted to penetrate a strap when thearms are bent towards each other and onto and through the strap and saidbody having an axially extending, through and through, slot centrallylocated between the arms and into which the said edges are adapted toextend, after they pass through the strap, until the edges aresubstantially flush with the side of the body opposite to the side onwhich the strap is disposed, the slot having side bounding edgesparalleling the side edges of the body, the slot being slightly greaterin length than the width of the arms and the slot being of a greaterwidth than the combined thickness of the arms so that when the prongsare passed through the strap, the prongs will automatically enter theslot.

2. A pocketbook handle installation comprising a handle having aflexible end strap, a wall member constituting the side wall of apocketbook, said wall: mem her having an aperture therethrough for thepassage through the wall of the strap, an inner imperforate lining forthe wall member and a one-piece anchor of sheet metal for the end strapof the handle, said anchor including a flat body portion bridging theaperture in the wall member and having opposing faces, one face being infacial contact with the wall member and the other face receiving thestrap which is superimposed axially thereon, a pair of arms laterallyextending in confronting relation from the body portion and disposedperpendicu'lar to the other face and spaced apart sufficiently toreceive the strap when the strap is placed axially on the body portionbetween the arms, said arms having ofiset outer free ends which areturned inwardly toward each other, said ends having free transverseedges formed with penetrating prongs which pierce the strap when thearms are rolled toward each other and onto the strap, said body portionhaving an axially extending slot centrally located between the arms andextending through the faces thereof, said edges of the ends of the armsextending into and being received within the slot after passingcompletely through the strap and being disposed substantially flush withthe one face of the body portion.

3. A one-piece strap anchor or holder for anchoring the strap of apocket book handle to the wall of a: pocket book comprising a flat bodyhaving opposing side edges and opposing flat faces on one face of whicha strap for the handle of a pocketbook is adapted to axially lie, a pairof arms laterally extending in confronting relation from the side edgesand spaced apart sufiiciently to receive the strap therebetween, saidarms having inwardly offset outer ends which are arranged at an obtuseangle to the arms, said ends having free transverse prong-like adgesadapted to penetrate and extend through a strap when the arms are benttoward each other and down onto and through the strap, and said bodyhaving an axially extending slot which extends through the faces thereofand is positioned centrally between the arms, said slot having end edgesextending slightly beyond the sides of the arms and being of a greaterwidth than the combined thickness of the two arms so as to automaticallyreceive the free edges and ends of the arms after they pass through thestrap and said slot having side edges paralleling the side edges of thebody, said side edges being beveled away from the face of the body onwhich the strap lies to form angular shoulders under which the ends ofthe arms are adapted to hook with the edges disposed slightly inwardlyof or at least flush with the other face of the body.

(References on following page) I References Cited in the file of thispatent UNITED STATES PATENTS Thayer July 22, 1879 Leslie Nov. 26, 1901 5Worthington June 16, 1903 Sines Sept. 12, 1916 6 Linhart Apr. 29, 1919McKoun Sept. 2, 1924 Mosgrove June 12, 1934 Corel Feb. 20, 1940 WoldFeb. 27, 1951 Reiter June 9, 1953 Reiter Dec. 22, 1953

